NASA’s Space Launch System, the agency’s flagship rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the Moon under the Artemis program, stands 322 feet tall in its Block 1 configuration. That height exceeds the Statue of Liberty and rivals many mid-rise office towers found in American cities.

NASA's Artemis II mission is shaping up to be more than just the next step in returning humans to the moon — it is a key test of whether the agency's traditional contractor-built systems can remain viable in a rapidly ​shifting space industry.

NASA teams have given the 'go' for the Artemis II launch, with liftoff targeted for as soon as April 1.

NASA's towering Space Launch System rocket is about to depart the launch pad in Florida where it has been vertical for more than a month in anticipation of the first U.S. human lunar mission in decades. There it sat at Launch Pad 39B for weeks as the ...

NASA on Thursday began returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad ahead of a planned flyby of the moon, after completing necessary repairs.

Artemis 2 will be the first human lunar mission since the Apollo program ended in 1972. The 10-day mission will test the Orion capsule with astronauts aboard by flying around the moon. NASA is targeting an April 1 launch for the historic mission from the ...

Artemis II launch was April 1, 2026, at Kennedy Space Center. NASA SLS rocket was seen beyond Cape Canaveral, Florida. Was your city on visibility map?

4 NASA astronauts will venture around the moon during a 10-day flight to help pave the way for future human lunar exploration missions. Rocket launches in Florida occur at NASA's Kennedy Space Center or nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA's SLS ...

A passenger on a commercial U.S. flight from Saint Croix to Charlotte captured the launch of the Artemis II mission from Florida on Wednesday (April 1), which sent four astronauts on a nearly ten-day journey around the moon and back.